Obama
for America
"Backyard"
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[Music] Female Announcer: Imagine trucks hauling the nation’s nuclear waste on our highways to Yucca Mountain? John McCain supports opening Yucca. He’s not worried about nuclear waste in our state -- only in Arizona. Interviewer: Would you be comfortable with nuclear waste coming through Arizona on its way, you know going through Phoenix, on its way to Yucca Mountain? McCain: “No, I would not. No, I would not." Announcer: John
McCain. For nuclear waste in Nevada, just not in his back yard. Obama (voiceover): I’m Barack Obama and I approve this message. |
Notes: This ad
was released on the day that Obama outlined his "New Energy for America
Plan" in a speech in Lansing, MI. McCain campaign spokesman
Tucker Bounds responded with this statement: Notes: According to the campaign press release... “The
positions of the two candidates couldn’t be
more different. John McCain has been the leading proponent of
storing nuclear waste in the state of Nevada, while Barack Obama has
been adamantly opposed to Yucca Mountain from the start,” said
Congresswoman Shelley Berkley. “John McCain says he wouldn’t want
nuclear waste travelling through his own state, but isn’t
willing to give Nevadans the same courtesy. If the McCain plan is
not halted, Nevada’s families and small business owners will
have to live in fear from decades of toxic radioactive waste being
stored in their backyard. The choice is clear - Senator Obama
will be the President to protect the safety of Nevada’s
families.”
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